The COS Antiracism Team offers Prayers of Lament as we begin our Lenten Journey together: 1. Great Healer Jesus, we...
Antiracism Resources 
Begin Again, James Baldwin’s America and its Urgent Lessons For Our Own
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Begin Again, James Baldwin’s America and its Urgent Lessons For Our Own
by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. We live, according to Edie S. Glaude Jr., (who is a professor of African American...
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
by Layla Saad Learning about the dangers of systemic racism often leads people to ask: What can I do personally...
A Different Mirror
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A Different Mirror
by Ronald T. Takaki A Different Mirror deals with the subject of minority perspectives of multicultural America, incorporating quotes, folk songs,...
America’s Original Sin
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America’s Original Sin
by Jim Wallis Book website at americasoriginalsin.com
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
By Ibram X. Kendi “Racism is the enduring scar on the American consciousness. In this ambitious, magisterial book, Kendi reveals...
Just Mercy (Movie)
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Just Mercy (Movie)
Movie based on the book Just Mercy. A synopsis of the movie can be found here.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson “Wilkerson’s central thesis is that caste, while a global occurrence, achieves its most violent manifestation in the...
12 Years a Slave
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12 Years a Slave
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery....
Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just
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Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just
by Timothy Keller It is commonly thought in secular society that the Bible is one of the greatest hindrances to...
Race: The Power of an Illusion
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Race: The Power of an Illusion
RACE–The Power of an Illusion asks a question so basic it’s rarely raised: what is this thing we call race? Since its release...